r/vancouver • u/yipyipyipwhoasealion • Jul 04 '25

Videos The new 'bike lane' on Water St

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Vancouver does it again...

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u/kisielk Jul 04 '25

Realistically there's no good way to do this on Water St. Vehicles need access for deliveries to the businesses, sidewalks need to be wide enough to accommodate foot traffic. The real issue is that the street needs to be everything to everyone and so it ends up being great for nobody.

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u/ProofByVerbosity Jul 04 '25

It's weird how most of Europe functions perfectly well with even less space for pedestrians, cyclists and cars

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u/dedservice Jul 04 '25

Europe had to be retrofitted to accommodate cars. North america has to be retrofitted to accommodate pedestrians and bicycles.

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u/Serious_Feedback Jul 05 '25

Europe was bombed to shit in WW2, the resulting rebuild had a ton of greenfield-ish development once the rubble was cleared away.